420 Historic Events for February 16
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| 1852 |
Birth |
Charles Taze Russell, religion founder (Jehovah's Witnesses)
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| 1854 |
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Franz Liszts symphony "Orpheus," premieres
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| 1854 |
Birth |
Oscar Fetras, composer
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| 1856 |
Birth |
Willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam)
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| 1857 |
Death |
Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic explorer (Kane Basin), dies at 37
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| 1857 |
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Gallaudet College (Natl Deaf Mute college) forms (Wash DC)
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| 1857 |
Death |
Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77
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| 1858 |
Death |
Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86
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| 1858 |
Birth |
Laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler)
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| 1860 |
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Dutch Rochussen/Van Bosse govt resigns
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| 1862 |
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Ft Donelson captured by Gen Grant (1,400 confederates surrender)
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| 1864 |
Death |
Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58
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| 1864 |
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Battle of Mobile, AL - operations by Union Army
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| 1866 |
Birth |
Johann Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King)
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| 1866 |
Birth |
Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [NS=Feb 28]
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| 1866 |
Birth |
William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, NJ, hall of fame baseball player
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| 1868 |
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Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks forms (NY)
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| 1868 |
Birth |
Wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist (Anthropos)
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| 1876 |
Birth |
George Macauley Trevelyan, England, historian (Giuseppi Garibaldi)
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| 1878 |
Event |
Silver dollar became US legal tender
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl)
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| 1880 |
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers forms (NYC)
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet/writer (Youth of a Poet)
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| 1883 |
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"Ladies Home Journal" begins publishing
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| 1884 |
Birth |
Robert Flaherty, Mich, father of documentary film (Nanook of North)
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